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Shaun I get them from a local recycle place - wash them out with bleach to counter the material that was in them. They cost me between £5 & £8 each depending on the number of lids I wanted Barry

Colin is a star - Hope your router performs like mine - I just use it in the table these days - what grunt Barry

I opened the top of one of the filters today and was surprised how little dust there was in the filter. I am using two dust buckets prior to the extractor Dust buckets depend on the HP of your motor - with 3HP a 44gal drum would be better than the 65 L drums I have used. The 65L works well...

"Barry - your 3hp extractor, is I guess a twin sock unit with 1 stage filter with filtration from 5 to 10 microns and as soon as you get filter blockage or you try to reduce the inlet dia you will loose up to 80% suction, we have brought the machines in and done the tests, they are dust pumps...

Taking about noisy - about a year ago I found a offcut of 250mm PVC pipe in a Paris DIY and bought it to make a baffle to reduce the noise from the impellor. Started with chicken wire for the inside of the tube followed by a layer of fiberglass then a layer of roof insulation with acoustic foam...

Jake having seen the price I am very happy as my 3HP extractor from Ebay was £150 and the seller delivered it to me. The 2 filters were £125 delivered and about £10 for the bits so I have a few quid to build the cyclone I am not gloating Barry

Been there done that - the shipping costs are £125 for two and then you have to pay VAT and duty Barry

Prawnking the Charwood link you post - the problem with that extractor is that it does not have a steel impellor its plastic. The motor will mount OK if you build a stand or wall bracket - the mount will be vertical when the impellor is on the cyclone and you will have to remove the face plate...

Nick I have been in contact but the shipping costs are about the same price as the cyclone without the motor because of its cubed size.

Prawnking Buy the largest extractor you can afford. 2HP would be better- like me you could get that affliction of buying more tools - my next will be a thicknesser - all adding to the extractors load . I am trying to find a cheap source of the basics for a cyclone so that woodworks don't...

Scrit I was just considering non commercial bagged dust collectors. Airfoil for most of us require to much maintenance with the likely hood of them blocking if not checked regularly. I am playing with an impellor casing that I built at present. I am just using a clamp meter to see the amperage...

Ivan my pleated filters are 21metres squared which is 210 sq' and I am using 2. The sock approach is the main problem. The cyclones and drop buckets are there to reduce the amount of solid particles going to the filter. From what I can remember the area of filter should be at least 100sq' per HP

Rob I have owned an airshield for 18months now. Get a second battery as it gives you 8 hours of use. The main problem is not putting it on.

Please Dave I have not got a Google account

Ivan I just completed fitting the filters this last weekend so in a week or so I will remove them to see. A good portion of the dust is being stoped by the O ring(MDF) at the bottom of the filter as the inlet is the same diameter as the id of the filter. Barry

Half the fun is making your own - and all the mistakes - in the end you will get there - I hope Barry

Thanks Dave - I must get out of the workshop and find a site to post the pictures - my words don't always get the point across Barry

Prawnking Start by making 100mm ports for all your machines - PVC piping and a heat gun can make most things - It helps if you visit Europe as the 110mm UK soil pipes don't fit. Most of my ports were 32mm and it took some practice making the table saw guard and the router table port but in the...

No I have two 65 litre bins in the system before the extractor. The first uses a 90 degree elbow to create a 'cyclone' type effect and gets the large chips, general rubbish and other things that you vacuum up. The second has a board that divides the input from output and goes about half way down...

After Scrit's comments about your fingers must be 300mm from the saw blade. I was breaking the rule like most of us do so I decided to try to follow them for the last few days. Hard work - I have a Gripper and a number of push sticks and fences but its hard to achieve with somebody with only...